Marketing
Ben Lobel
About
Ben Lobel was the editor of SmallBusiness.co.uk from 2010 to 2018. He specialises in writing for start-up and scale-up companies in the areas of finance, marketing and HR.
Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Ben Lobel was the editor of SmallBusiness.co.uk from 2010 to 2018. He specialises in writing for start-up and scale-up companies in the areas of finance, marketing and HR.
Marketing
Rebecca Scully, managing director of PR agency Smarts, discusses how changes in SEO mean businesses should be more scrupulous than ever in their online ranking efforts.
News
Experts respond to the 2013 Budget and explain what it means for small businesses.
News
In a dramatic move, the Chancellor George Osborne has promised to take the first £2,000 off the national insurance bill of all employers, meaning that almost half a million businesses will pay no national insurance contributions at all.
Office & home working
Seven in ten office workers say they can get more done working away from the office and more than one third say they can be more creative when they are able to work flexibly, finds research.
News
New rules have been announced in an attempt to streamline the employment tribunal process to make tribunals more efficient and easier to understand.
News
A two-year government initiative that aims to assist retailers to grow internationally has been launched.
News
Government agencies have been called upon to ensure small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) know where to go for exporting help.
News
The majority of businesses that took on an apprentice have employed them full time following the apprenticeship period, research finds.
News
The BDRC Finance Monitor for SME lending has thrown up some real concerns with UK business banking.
Accounting
Only one in four small business owners claim back all of the expenses they incur personally for their business, finds research.
News
The number of FTSE 350 companies pledging to pay small companies promptly has tripled following a government drive to boost sign up to a code of conduct.
News
Dull and demotivating workplaces are holding back business-critical creativity, according to a new survey.